Example Sentences
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“It’s all like him being shoveled around and underappreciated and not even given a name, right?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Every so often he bent over and paused, looking like a man who’d just shoveled out his car.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The snow has been shoveled to the side, but it remains hazardous for both pedestrians and drivers, and needs an extra boost to go away in a timely fashion.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
The share count will increase when newly created stock is shoveled to executives as part of their compensation or if shares are issued to help pay for acquisitions.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025
Then the headless, gutted herring were shoveled into the ship’s hold and packed between layers of salt, to preserve them.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
